As Twitchy has told you, some graduate students teaching at Yale started a “hunger strike” in an attempt to improve their union benefits. The strike is symbolic in nature, so participants have been encouraged to leave to eat if they’re getting too hungry. Campus Republicans are reportedly active in the area:
https://twitter.com/gabrielwinant/status/858053426961416192
Fusion and Vice writers (and others) are among the appalled:
https://twitter.com/emmaroller/status/858122239828525056
https://twitter.com/evepeyser/status/858138154376855553
All that might be overstating it a bit:
If by "unnecessarily cruel" you mean "brilliant and harmless trolling." https://t.co/oX5ZGY2cV9
— The Nats Won The World Series (@EsotericCD) April 29, 2017
And a delicious trolling it turned out to be.
Smells like freedom https://t.co/BwdSMECrVI
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) April 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/LilMissRightie/status/858300646432354304
https://twitter.com/CThockyviolence/status/858324497056886784
Troll Level: Expert https://t.co/4OPKF62lUJ
— Andrew D Brooks???️? (@andrewdbrooks) April 29, 2017
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Troll level- #MAGABBQ https://t.co/5JuN1hCidx
— JeffDavidson #OMC_H (@JeffreyMDavids1) April 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/molratty/status/858311390800613377
In closing, to paraphrase a former president, it depends on what your definition of “cruel” is:
Curious, what are your positions on crushing babies skulls with forceps & sucking them out of the womb with a vacuum? ?
— Jared (@jaredstill) April 29, 2017
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